Surgical Treatment of Concomitant Atrial Fibrillation: Focus onto Atrial Contractility
Table 6
Contractility and echocardiographic measurements (Spearman rank correlation).
Factors
value
3 months of LAD–6 months of left A/E
0.035
3 months of LAA–6 months of left A/E
0.023
3 months of LAD–12 months of left A/E
0.033
6 months of LAA–12 months of left A/E
0.033
6 months of LAA–24 months of left A/E
0.023
3 months of left A/E–12 months of LAD
0.009
3 months of left A/E–24 months of LAD
0.029
3 months of right A/E–3 months of delta LVEF
0.035
24 months of right A/E–24 months of delta LVEF
0.044
12 months of right A/E–24 months of LVEDD
0.033
12 months of right A/E–24 months of LVEF
0.022
LAD, left atrial diameter; LAA, left atrial area; LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction. Delta LVEF means the difference between follow-up time LVEF and basal LVEF.
